New ‘Space Nation’ revealed TODAY: First plans for humans to live in orbit

Named ‘Asgardia’, the new ‘space nation’ promises to be a fully fledged independent power which will “mark a new era in the space age”.The first satellite will be launched in Autumn 2017 and mark the official founding of Asgardia. Asgardia was revealed at a packed event in Paris at The Ritz Hotel.Scientists, businessmen, engineers and entrepreneurs have all teamed up to develop the concept which has long-term plans to put human’s in orbit and create an interstellar defence platform to defend the world from asteroids and solar storms.